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POL 340 Research Methods

If you need research assistance please ask our Research Librarians, Beth Miller or John Henderson for help, or call them at x6072.

Book Resources
  • H1 .A4 V.628 2010 -- Field experiments in comparative politics and policy by Donald P. Green
  • JC265 .M274 2006 -- Making political science matter : debating knowledge, research, and method by Sanford Schram
  • HA202 .S8 2011 -- Statistical Abstract of the United States by the Bureau of the Census
  • Also, look for books on political science research at JK 274 on the lower floor of the library.
Individual Journals
  • Journal Locator -- You can look for a specific periodical title such as Economic History Review, with the Journal Locator link on the library website to see if we have electronic access to a title, or have copies of it in print or microfilm format.
Periodical Databases
  • Academic Search Elite -- Full text database covers: computer sciences, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, ethnic studies and more.
  • Business Source Premier -- Full text sources cover business, marketing, management, accounting, finance and economics, plus market research reports, and SWOT business venture analyses.
  • EBSCOhost -- Link opens to our 20 EBSCO databases ranging from general reference collections, newspapers, education, health, regional business news, psychology, and other subject databases.
  • EconLit -- Database from the American Economics Association provides many full text articles on economics, capital markets, country studies, economic forecasting, and monetary theory.
  • Humanities International Complete -- Wide ranging database provides full text of more than 1030 journals, books and other published sources from around the world.
  • LexisNexis Academic -- Full text database of news, legal information, health and medical news, and noteworthy people in business in the news. Includes complete coverage of U.S. federal and state courts.
  • National Bureau of Economic Research -- Full text database of papers and reports published by the NBER. Focus on estimating quantitative models of economic behavior, assessing the economic effects of public policies, and projecting the effects of alternative policy proposals.
  • Points of View Reference Center -- Full text database offering controversial essays that present multiple sides of current issues. Serves as a guide to debate and writing position papers. Covers the labor movement, social and cultural theory, history, race and ethnicity, and law.
Online Statistics Resources